Chapter 141: Ordering the Full Security

Hearing that single word, Evelyn’s hands clenched tight into her white dress, totally helpless.

Before she could say another word, footsteps sprinted up the stairs outside, and the doors flew open as a young estate manager rushed in.

"Madam Chen! Something crazy just happened outside!"

Camila turned her head with an annoyed glare. "Since when do you barge in without knocking? What’s the panic about?!"

"Someone just broke through the front gate and is marching straight across the estate!" the guy blurted out, out of breath.

"What?!" A furious look flashed in Camila’s eyes as she stood up and walked to the windows overlooking the driveway. "Who in all of England has the guts to break into Charles Manor in broad daylight?! Does he have a death wish?!"

Behind her, Evelyn blinked in shock. "Who broke through the gate?"

"The gate captain said... it’s a young American from New York, Miss!" the manager said.

Someone from New York?!

Without waiting a second, she ran straight to the window next to her mother and looked down into the courtyard.

Down on the wide stone driveway below, walking calmly past half a dozen guards groaning in the grass, was a tall figure in a dark suit.

Evelyn froze, her hands flying over her mouth as her eyes went wide in disbelief. "Jude?! Why is Jude here in London... how did he even know I was at Charles Manor?!"

"I didn’t think this Jude Lawson had the balls to walk straight into my home alone," Camila sneered, turning to the manager. "He’s literally begging for a beating. Call every security team on this property right now. I want him pinned down and dragged up here on his knees. Got it?"

"Yes, Madam!" the manager bowed fast.

"And before you go down, put two men outside this door to make sure Miss Evelyn doesn’t leave this room," Camila added, her voice hard as steel.

"Right away, Madam."

As the manager bolted out to pass the order, panic for Jude’s life ripped through Evelyn.

She grabbed her mother’s arm, her voice shaking. "Mom, please... this is a misunderstanding! Let me go downstairs right now and talk to him before anyone gets hurt!"

"Talk about what?" Camila laughed, ripping her arm away. "I never thought Jude Lawson would be stupid enough to rush my compound without an army behind him. Since he delivered himself to my doorstep, I’m going to break his legs and his ego right in front of you... that way he never even dreams of looking at my daughter again!"

Evelyn stared at her mother in horror.

Why was Jude reckless enough to run in here all by himself?!

Down in the courtyard below, the security barracks doors slammed open.

Within 30 seconds, nearly 20 elite bodyguards carrying batons swarmed from every corner of the yard.

Watching 20 huge men surround Jude from the second-floor window, Evelyn turned white as a sheet, her heart pounding so hard she could barely breathe.

"Stop shaking, Evelyn," Camila said beside her, watching the circle close in down below. "I won’t kill him. I’m just going to make sure he remembers his place."

Even as she spoke, a knot of suspicion tightened in Camila Chen’s chest as she watched her daughter’s terrified face.

Evelyn had only moved to New York to launch Voyager Animation less than six months ago.

How could a girl who landed in America with a totally wiped slate develop such a ride-or-die obsession for Jude Lawson in under half a year?

Looking at the panic in Evelyn’s eyes, a chilling thought hit Camila: had the surgical memory wipe already started to crack?

"Evelyn..."

Hearing her mother’s voice, Evelyn spun around instantly, a spark of hope in her teary eyes. "Mom, did you change your mind?!"

"No, I haven’t," Camila said, her brows drawing together into a suspicious frown as she locked eyes with her daughter. "I just want one honest answer. Why do you care about this Jude Lawson so much? Did your memories come back?"

"My memories?"

Evelyn froze, blinking in confusion before her forehead wrinkled. "Mom, what are you talking about? I haven’t remembered a single thing from before the accident!"

"Then how do you explain this obsession with him?" Camila pressed.

Evelyn looked back toward the window. "I... I honestly don’t know how to explain it either. From the very first day I saw Jude in New York, I felt this crazy connection to him. Even though everything before my accident is a total blank, there’s always been this voice deep inside telling me Jude is the exact person I’ve been looking for my whole life... that he’s mine, and I’m his. And the more time we spent together these past few months, the harder I fell for him. Even to me, it feels insane..."

Hearing that, every bit of calm on Camila’s face vanished.

Nobody knew that medical file better than Camila...

Even though she paid Europe’s top brain surgeons to wipe Evelyn’s memory years ago, the head doctor warned her at the time: the human brain isn’t a hard drive you can just erase clean.

Seeing Evelyn like this today proved those buried feelings were already tearing through the mental block.

If Evelyn stayed anywhere near Jude Lawson, it was only a matter of time before the wall broke completely... and every single piece of Camila’s master plan would turn to ash.

"Mom, please... call the guards off right now!" Evelyn pleaded. "Jude is just one guy! He can’t fight 20 armed men at once... what if they lose control and beat him to death?!"

"You don’t need to worry about what happens down there, Evelyn. I’ll handle it," Camila answered.

Yet as she looked back down at the lone guy standing in the center of the courtyard, a murderous glint flashed in her eyes.

Jude Lawson’s grip on her daughter was way too dangerous...

Since normal threats and distance hadn’t broken the bond between them, there was only one permanent way to make sure Evelyn never thought of him again... and that was putting Jude Lawson in a grave for good!